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open-door policy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌopen-ˈdoor ˌpolicy noun [countable]  1 LET/ALLOWPPPthe principle of allowing people and goods to move into a country freely 〔国家的〕对外开放政策,门户开放政策 They’re pushing forward economic reform and an open-door policy. 他们正在继续推行经济改革和对外开放政策。2. the principle of allowing anyone to come to a place at any time, for example in order to discuss something 开门政策〔指欢迎任何人随时到某个地方去进行讨论等的做法〕
Examples from the Corpus
open-door policyHe has an open-door policy, which means that staff are encouraged to come and see him if they have problems.He can not listen to those who, however well-intentioned, say we should operate an open-door policy.These remarks were highly embarrassing for the government and brought out the different opinions within the party on the open-door policy.Suddenly the open-door policy was in question and was in need of modification.
From Longman Business Dictionaryopen-door policyopen-ˈdoor ˌpolicy [countable, uncountable]1COMMERCEwhen a country encourages businesses from other countries to invest in it and to trade with it‘We are trying to follow an open-door policy, ’ said the finance minister.2HUMAN RESOURCES an official system where the top managers of a company deal with employeescomplaintsThe company has an open-door policy that allows employees to pursue complaints against their supervisor all the way to the chairman’s office. policy
ˌopen-ˈdoor ˌpolicy nounChineseSyllable
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open-door policy
ˌopen-ˈdoor ˌpolicy noun [countable]
1. the principle of allowing people and goods to move into a country freely:
    They’re pushing forward economic reform and an open-door policy.
2. the principle of allowing anyone to come to a place at any time, for example in order to discuss something